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Chapter One: Welcome to Nearwood

Nearwood Walkthrough Chapter One: Welcome to Nearwood features detailed point-by-point instructions, beautiful custom screenshots, and puzzle solutions to give you the edge you need to set things to right in the magical kingdom of Nearwood.

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Chapter One: Welcome to Nearwood

Desk

  • Zoom into the desk; click the portrait.
  • Examine the photo and collect the key.
  • Move upstairs.

 

Medallion

  • Collect the medallion; use it on the mirror.
  • Move ahead.

 

Lock

  • Click the lock; insert the key and click it once.
  • Click the turtle to trigger a hidden objects area.

 

HO1

  • Find the 10 turtles and the snails.
  • Collect the brass figurines.

 

Bell

  • Collect the bell and the stone slab.
  • Insert the brass figurine into the mural to trigger a mini-game.

 

Turtle Game

  • To solve the mini-game, place the snails and turtles into their matching slots.
  • Move ahead to the Golem.

 

Golem

  • Click the golem; insert the stone slab.
  • Click the golem; collect the ruby.
  • Move right to the Crossroads.

 

Flowers

  • Click the flowers; collect the knife.
  • Click the rocks; examine and collect the recipe piece.
  • Move to the right and go to the Statue.

 

Emerald

  • Collect the emerald.
  • Move to the Golem and move left to the River.

 

Unlit

  • Collect the unlit torch.
  • Move down 2 times.

 

Lit Torch

  • Place the unlit torch into the flame.
  • Collect the lit torch.
  • Move to the Statue.

 

Webs

  • Select the torch and use it to clear the cobwebs.
  • Click the statue to trigger a puzzle.
  • Solve the puzzle by arranging the tiles to allow the fire and water to flow through the pathways.
  • Collect the spear.
  • Move ahead to the Path.

 

Trunk

  • Click the tree trunk.
  • Select the knife to carve the trunk; collect the tree sap.
  • Collect the amethyst.
  • Move to the River.

 

Spear

  • Select the spear to use on the stone.
  • Click the riverbed; collect the 2nd bell.
  • Move ahead to the Bells.

 

Topaz

  • Collect the topaz.
  • Select the knife; use it on the mushroom and collect the glowing mushroom.
  • Move down once.

 

Plate

  • Click the plate; insert the ruby, amethyst, the topaz and the emerald to trigger a puzzle.
  • Solve the puzzle by rotating the gemstones until the color matched stones are aligned.
  • Click the discs using the following sequence to solve the puzzle.
  • A – A – A – B – D – D – D – C – C – C  – B – B
  • Collect the crystal pitcher.
  • Move to the Path.

 

Pitcher

  • Place the crystal pitcher into the fountain; collect the grow water.
  • Pour the grow water onto the flower.
  • Move ahead to the Front Yard.

 

Door

  • Click the door; collect the 3rd bell.
  • Move to the right to the Gazebo.

 

Vines

  • Click the vines twice; collect the ladder.
  • Move down once.

 

Ladder

  • Lean the ladder onto the window.
  • Zoom into the window to trigger a hidden objects area.

 

HO2

  • Find the silhouetted items.
  • Collect the animal net.
  • Move to the Crossroads.

 

Ferret

  • Click the ferret.
  • Select the animal net to use on it; collect the rainbow ferret.
  • Move to the Bells.

 

Bell Holder

  • Attach the bell and the 2nd bell onto the holders.
  • Click the tree and insert the rainbow ferret into the trunk.
  • Collect the 4th bell.
  • Attach the 3rd and 4th bells onto the holder.
  • Move ahead.

 

Scale

  • Zoom into the scale; collect the bird seed and the picture slide.
  • Click the metal star.
  • Collect the rainbow coal and the rust remover.
  • Move to the River.

 

Hand

  • Click the hand.
  • Select the rust remover and use it on the spikes; collect the metal spikes.
  • Move to the Gazebo.

 

Spikes

  • Click the gazebo.
  • Put the metal spikes onto the stone to trigger a puzzle.
  • Solve the puzzle by switching the clock hand positions until none of the clock hands lap over the others.
  • Collect the glowing crystal.
  • Move down once.

 

Well

  • Click the well and insert the glowing crystal; collect the house key.
  • Click the door; insert and click the house key.
  • Move into your Parents’ House.

 

Cupboard

  • Click the cupboard to trigger a mini-game.
  • Solve the mini-game by switching the pieces to form a completed image of an hourglass.
  • Collect the birdcage and the valve handle behind it.
  • Move to the Crossroads.

 

Cage

  • Place the bird cage beneath the Phoenix.
  • Insert the birdseed into the cage; collect the captured Phoenix.
  • Click the nest; collect the box handle.
  • Move to the Gnome Village.

 

Captured

  • Give the captured Phoenix to the gnome; collect the metal star.
  • Click the furnace; attach the valve handle and click it.
  • Zoom into the plate to trigger a puzzle.
  • Solve the puzzle by using the arrows to move the slider across the board while making sure that it moves through each square on the grid one time.
  • Collect the Phoenix feather and the book, “Bird Keeping.”
  • Move to the Gazebo.

 

Chest

  • Click the chest and insert the metal star.
  • Collect the pearls and the sticky hand.
  • Move down once.

 

Sticky

  • Click the well.
  • Select the sticky hand to collect the 2nd picture slide.
  • Move into your Parents’ House.

 

Swan

  • Zoom into the swan box; click the drawer and collect the 3rd picture slide.
  • Click the chest; collect the recipe.
  • Attach the box handle and click it once.
  • Insert the 1st, 2nd and 3rd picture slides to trigger a puzzle.
  • Solve the puzzle by using the arrows to move the pictures in the correct order.
  • Collect the gate key half.
  • Move to the outside of your Parents’ House and click the window to trigger a hidden objects area.

 

HO3

  • Find the silhouetted items.
  • Collect the owl figurine.

 

Owl

  • Insert the owl figurine into the groove.
  • Collect the 2nd gate key half.
  • Move into your Parents’ House.

 

Flask

  • Zoom into the flasks and examine the holder.
  • Insert the 2 gate halves onto the holder.
  • Place the pearls down.
  • Select the tweezers and use them to place the pearls into the holes; collect the gate key.
  • Move to the area outside of the Parents’ House.
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